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MICROSOFT: CREATING CONSISTENT AND STANDARDIZED EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCES WORLDWIDE

See how Microsoft transformed HR





PUTTING PEOPLE AT THE HEART OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT

Dedicated to advancing human and organizational achievement through technology
products, devices, and services, Microsoft is focused on bringing out the best
in people. The company needed a consistent global core HR system to match its
growth. SAP SuccessFactors Human Experience Management solutions, SAP Business
Technology Platform, and the SAP Analytics Cloud solution help the business have
the right skills at the right place and time, at scale.

220,000

employees in 108 countries using SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central.


15 minutes

from job creation to job posting, down from 24 to 72 hours.


2 months

to create a solution around hybrid workplace flexibility.



Accessibility is one of our top priorities, and the strong partnership between
Microsoft and SAP drove continuous improvements, to the point that we had zero
accessibility issues at go-live.

Rajamma Krishnamurthy
Senior Director, HR Technology, Microsoft Corporation



THE CHALLENGE


CREATING A CONSISTENT HR CULTURE FOR ENGAGING EMPLOYEES

Microsoft is synonymous with empowering people all over the world. Its
technology platforms and products have helped achieve remarkable feats – like
doctors in New York and Uganda simultaneously performing over 500 surgeries
together and NASA powering the first robotic helicopter flight on Mars.

 

For its own people, Microsoft had deployed the on-premise HR systems from SAP
when the company was growing, which were being used in only two countries. It
could take up to three days for data to reach critical business areas. In
addition to this delay, there was an overall lack of quality employee data and
standardized processes.

 

Microsoft was in need of a consistent core HR system for its worldwide locations
to attract and nurture the people best suited for a required role.

We want to have the right talent at the right time in all of our locations, and
we want to give our talent the tools they need to continue to change the world.
We need to create the innovation, collaboration, and culture that can help us
foster creativity.

Prerna Ajmera
General Manager, HR Digital Transformation Programs, Microsoft Corporation


THE SOLUTION


SHARING AND MANAGING DATA AT A GLOBAL LEVEL TO MEET LOCAL NEEDS

Microsoft implemented the SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central solution in more
than 100 countries for 220,000 employees. The software was chosen primarily for
the preconfigured localization and extensibility capabilities. When a country is
selected, all data fields necessary for payroll, benefits, and other areas are
already built in. So, for example, a request for a new identity document or
legal form can be met immediately. Microsoft uses standard integration between
SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central and the SAP Payroll Processing application
to reduce the risk of payroll issues.

 

The company developed a “hybrid workplace” application using SAP Business
Technology Platform to extend its use of and integrate with solutions from SAP
SuccessFactors Human Experience Management Suite. This gives management teams
valuable data on the hybrid employee experience and allows employees to request
where, when, and how they work, with the approvals and workflows shared with the
relevant business areas.

 

Similarly, the company is using the planning capabilities in the SAP Analytics
Cloud solution for workforce planning and to enable master data management of
job-title taxonomy in SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central. It can create a model
to understand the work being done company-wide by mapping every person to the
taxonomies. This is helping Microsoft figure out the future career and learning
needs of its workforce within a competitive marketplace for talent. Also serving
as an extension to SAP SuccessFactors solutions and contributing to Microsoft’s
success are solutions from Accenture, EPI-USE, and Pathlock.

THE RESULT


ENABLING BUSINESS AGILITY WITH REAL-TIME DATA

One of the main benefits of SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central that’s proving
very popular with Microsoft’s business leaders is the agility and speed with
which they can put an HR requirement into the solution and launch it globally.
And moving to a cloud solution is giving them reliable and accurate data in real
time in a centralized place.

 

By building the hybrid workplace application as an extension to SAP
SuccessFactors solutions, Microsoft is providing more flexibility and work-life
balance for its employees. With staff able to ask to work in different ways,
Microsoft can take employee experiences to the next level. Other policies are
also being integrated into the solution so that it can offer consistent HR
services globally.

 

Collating diversity and inclusion data in SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central
helps the company understand the communities it’s building, attract the type of
people it’s seeking, and reward them accordingly. This information is also
beneficial for succession planning for staff and leadership teams.

FUTURE PLANS


OPTIMIZING WORKFORCE PLANNING FOR BUSINESS GROWTH

Microsoft will bring its external staff, roughly 100,000 contractors in 140
countries, onto the SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central solution.

 

The company is also thinking about ways in which it can use the SAP Analytics
Cloud solution when it comes to workforce planning around large-scale
reorganizations and mergers and acquisitions, which include skills and cost. It
hopes to be able to identify the people and skill sets it needs in these
scenarios. In addition, Microsoft plans to adopt the SAP Time and Attendance
Management application by WorkForce software to automate its complex needs
around time tracking and leave administration.




SAP HELPS MICROSOFT RUN BETTER

KEY BUSINESS OUTCOMES AND BENEFITS

 * Consistent and standardized employee experiences worldwide
 * Data-driven decision-making and agility in meeting business needs
 * Significantly reduced manual workload
 * More-efficient service centers and focus on value-added tasks for the HR team
 * Improved reporting and workforce planning capabilities



FEATURED SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES

 * SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central is a flexible cloud-based human resources
   solution that automates HR workflows and intelligent services on a single
   global system.
 * SAP Analytics Cloud is a single solution for business intelligence and
   collaborative enterprise planning, with predictive analytics and machine
   learning technology.
 * SAP Business Technology Platform helps rapidly build and enhance enterprise
   applications, processes, and experiences.




ABOUT MICROSOFT

Microsoft Corporation provides technology products, devices, and services for
business and entertainment to empower every person and every organization on the
planet to achieve more. The company uses technology to build platforms and
resources to help make a lasting positive impact, as shown through its numerous
environmental, sustainability, and digital education initiatives.



IndustryRegionCompany SizeHigh techRedmond, Washington 220,000 employees




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